Navmii Worldhttp://navmii.com
Navmii World puts smart navigation, real time traffic, community hazard reporting and driver scores at your finger tips. Live free and drive!Mon, 15 Jan 2018 14:22:09 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1Getting started with Navmii Worldhttp://navmii.com/uncategorized/getting-started-navmii-world/
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 07:32:18 +0000http://navmii.com/?p=11096Here’s a quick run down of how to get started with Navmii World whether you’re an existing Navmii user or a new one. First of all, we do encourage all existing iOS/ iPhone users of Navmii to download Navmii World because it is the latest and most enhanced version of Navmii. We want everyone to have...

]]>Here’s a quick run down of how to get started with Navmii World whether you’re an existing Navmii user or a new one.

First of all, we do encourage all existing iOS/ iPhone users of Navmii to download Navmii World because it is the latest and most enhanced version of Navmii. We want everyone to have the best experience possible.

Like all apps, please step through set up by giving the relevant permissions to get the best out of your app.

2. Open Navmii World

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Open Navmii World on your phone and you’ll see the start screen above. Time to help yourself to free maps…

3. Download free the maps you need

Next you’ll see a screen similar to this one. Wherever you are in the world, you should see the country map for the country you are in. You can now:

Install any free country map

Select the relevant regional bundle (in this case, Western Europe) below to download multiple country maps. The following regional bundle maps are available:

Western Europe

Eastern Europe (including Russia)

USA & Canada

Latin America & the Caribbean

Africa

Asia Pacific

Use the search (top right) to search for any country you want to download

[highlight1]Remember: if you want to download a regional bundle, search for a country in that region and then you will have the option to download an individual country or the regional bundle. For example: for ‘Africa’ you could search for ‘Algeria’ and you’ll have the option to download that country map or maps for the whole of the African continent.[/highlight1]

4. Add-on the free upgrade features you want

Use the Navmii Store to download popular premium features and extras like Voice Guidance, POIs (Points of interest), HUD (Heads-up Display).

The choice is yours and its all free!

5. Set your Preferences

Take a look at the Main Menu, select Preferences.

Here you’ll find settings for lots of things including:

Sounds

Alerts

Voices

Distance units (miles / km)

Speed units (miles / km)

Routing options

Safety cameras

Make sure you’ve got the right languages, distances, voices and other customisations that you prefer set up.

You’re pretty much good to go. Just one last thing…

6. Login / Sign Up

First question is why? You can use Navmii without doing this but you do unlock some extra useful features if you create a Navmii Profile.

]]>Safe driving using Navmii driver scoreshttp://navmii.com/uncategorized/driver-scores/
Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:16:12 +0000http://navmii.com/?p=11122Keep track of how safely you’re driving Navmii driver scoring gives you a precise and accurate indication of how well you drive. We all ‘think’ we drive well, but why not challenge yourself to prove it! Navmii gives you independent and fully private feedback on your driving behaviours so that you know where you can improve....

]]>Office Parties: Why it’s better to be a designated driver ??http://navmii.com/uncategorized/office-party-designated-driver-tips/
Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:25:16 +0000http://navmii.com/?p=11019‘Tis the season to be jolly as long as you get home safely. It’s that time of year again where many of us are heading to office parties. ???? So if you’re the designated driver, don’t worry, you didn’t draw the short straw. Here’s why it is better to stay sober anyway. #NavmiiTip – remember get your colleagues’ home...

]]>Navmii supports Road Safety Weekhttp://navmii.com/uncategorized/road-safety-week-2016/
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:43:56 +0000http://navmii.com/?p=10975It’s road safety week in the UK this week and we’re supporting the safe driving Pledge campaign by the road safety charity, Brake. The Pledge calls for drivers to do everything they can to protect themselves and the people around them. By taking the pledge, you can agree to take 6 key actions that will help improve...

]]>It’s road safety week in the UK this week and we’re supporting the safe driving Pledge campaign by the road safety charity,Brake.

The Pledge calls for drivers to do everything they can to protect themselves and the people around them.

By taking the pledge, you can agree to take 6 key actions that will help improve road safety. And best of all, Navmii can help you achieve some of them and keep you in touch with how you’re progressing in your bid to drive safely!

Navmii helps you to become a safer driver

Use Speeding Alerts

Kill your speed and not a person. Let Navmii keep an eye on your speed.

Switch on speeding alerts. If your speed creeps over the limit, Navmii will alert you. Navmii also shows you the speed limit in most areas. But stay vigilant yourself and keep an eye on road side signs and other speed limit indicators.

Aim for zero phone use

Don’t be tempted to use your phone whilst driving.

We recommend mounting your phone using a windscreen mount or using a HUD accessory. This will reduce your temptation to pick up voice calls or answer texts/ emails. Messages can wait. Nothing is more urgent than the need to drive safely!

Mount your smartphone in a holder/ cradle preferably out of reach

Then, at the end of each journey, check your driver score and make sure your Phone Use score stays at zero %.

Navmii HUD for low visibility winter driving

Navmii HUD used with a HUD accessory like Hudify or any other, helps drivers focus on essential guided navigation instructions whilst driving in low visibility and poor weather conditions. HUD accessories place Navmii navigation information directly into your sight line, projected right in front of you, so you never have to take your eyes off the road.

Update friends & Family using Share my Trip

One of the biggest causes of driver distraction is people calling them, and one of the most common reasons to do this, is to find out where they are.

When using Navmii, enter your destination for voice guided navigation instructions and before setting off, use Share my Trip. Share my Triplets you to stay connected, safely! You can keep people updated on where you are and when you might arrive, without the need for phone calls or messaging.

Track safe driving using Navmii driver scores

Navmii driver scoring gives you a precise and accurate indication of how well you drive. We all ‘think’ we drive well, but why not challenge yourself to prove it! Will give you independent and fully private feedback on your driving behaviours so that you know where you can improve.

Here’s an example of a Navmii score, out of 10:

(10 is exceptional and 0 means you are not a safe driver and probably should not be driving)

Navmii breaks down and gives you a score for key safe driving indices like speeding, mobile phone use and other key driving behaviours.

Use Navmii driving scores to measure your driving improvement over time. Navmii driver scores can help you do your bit to achieve road safety.

]]>Top 10 Places To See Autumn Colourshttp://navmii.com/uncategorized/top-10-places-to-see-autumn-colours/
Wed, 26 Oct 2016 16:09:18 +0000http://navmii.com/?p=10909Summer may be a distant memory but Autumn is a beautiful season to go explore the great outdoors and enjoy the seasonal natural beauty. Here are a few of our favourite places to go and see beautiful Autumn/ Fall colours. But we can’t be everywhere, so we have added a few great suggestions, from across the world from the National...

]]>Summer may be a distant memory but Autumn is a beautiful season to go explore the great outdoors and enjoy the seasonal natural beauty.

Here are a few of our favourite places to go and see beautiful Autumn/ Fall colours.

But we can’t be everywhere, so we have added a few great suggestions, from across the world from the National Geographic.

Our Top 5 Autumn Favourite Places

Loire Valley, Francewww.francetravelguide.com/loire-valley
A great place to visit in autumn, as the crowds have disappeared. Not only can you see gorgeous leaves change colours for fall, but you can see them against a backdrop of elegant châteaux.

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Blackheath, New South Wales, Australiawww.visitnsw.com
Take a drive through the rows of spectacular tall autumn trees that can be found in the back streets of this Blue Mountains town. Blackheath is two towns past Katoomba, going up the mountain. Vintage style antique stores and cafes also make this beautiful town a worthy visit.

New Hampshire, White Mountains, USAwww.kancamagushighway.com
The Kancamungus Highway in New Hampshire, New England is one of the best places in the world to take a scenic drive and view spectacular “fall colors”. So whether you’re visiting or live there, get out, live free and drive!

Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, Englandwww.experiencenottinghamshire.com
Explore Robin Hood’s old haunt this autumn. Sherwood Forest has over over 20 miles of golden colour to take in. Once Navmii gets you there, you will see the beautiful contrasts as you walk or cycle through the forest.

St Petersburg Russiawww.saint-petersburg.comBeautiful all year round but especially in the autumn/ fall. Colourful leaf-seekers don’t have to leave the city limits to see some of the brightest colours in Russia. Take a stroll around The Summer Garden.

4 Sonoma County, Californiawww.sonomacounty.comWith leaves on both tree and vine, fall foliage is doubly intense in Sonoma County. Drive through Sonoma Valley along Arnold Drive, lined with multicolored canopies of oak and maple.

]]>Get Hudifyhttp://navmii.com/uncategorized/get-hudify/
Fri, 21 Oct 2016 14:51:11 +0000http://navmii.com/?p=10887When you drive we want to help you drive safely. That’s why just over a year ago, we introduced Heads-Up Display (HUD) as a new feature. But, where to put your phone? Sadly, sometimes it just isn’t possible to balance your phone on top of your dashboard in a moving car. And that’s where Hudify come...

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]]>Navmii Support for Windows and Blackberryhttp://navmii.com/uncategorized/navmii-support-for-windows-blackberry/
Mon, 10 Oct 2016 07:30:04 +0000http://navmii.com/?p=10882Today we are announcing that there are no further product updates planned for Navmii on the Windows or BlackBerry mobile platforms. Navmii has come a long way since it’s early days, previously named NavFree. People’s use of mobile devices today looks very different from the way it did when we started in 2010. The Apple App...

]]>Today we are announcing that there are no further product updates planned for Navmii on the Windows or BlackBerry mobile platforms.

Navmii has come a long way since it’s early days, previously named NavFree. People’s use of mobile devices today looks very different from the way it did when we started in 2010.

The Apple App Store was in its infancy. Both BlackBerry and Nokia were still major mobile phone players and the Google Play Store didn’t even exist. Today’s most popular mobile operating systems (Google, Apple and Microsoft) which now account for 99.5 % of sales, made up less than 30% of the mobile devices sold at the time.

So now that we’ve looked back, it’s a good time to look forward. We want to focus our efforts on the best mobile platforms that the majority of smartphone owners now use and love. As a result, we have now ended our support for Navmii on the following platforms:

Windows Phone (Navmii – Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Phone 8.1)

BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 (Navfree)

While these mobile devices have been a very important part of the Navmii journey to date, they don’t now offer the kind of capabilities needed to continually drive Navmii’s features forwards in the future.

Versions of Navmii will continue to still be available for download and use by people on older mobile handsets, but we no longer support these mobile platforms.

This was a very tough decision for us to make, but it is the right one to ensure that we give most people continuously better smart navigation and connected driving features across the most popular mobile platforms.

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]]>Navmii navigation for Apple’s CarPlay & Android Autohttp://navmii.com/uncategorized/navmii-carplay-android-auto/
Tue, 04 Oct 2016 13:41:19 +0000http://navmii.com/?p=10871We’ve been having a growing number of enquiries about whether Navmii is available on an compatible with Apple CarPlay/ Android Auto, so we thought we’d share an update. At this moment the situation is this: only ‘selected’ developers can publish their apps on Apple’s CarPlay and Android Auto platforms currently. CarPlay & Android Auto are...

]]>We’ve been having a growing number of enquiries about whether Navmii is available on an compatible with Apple CarPlay/ Android Auto, so we thought we’d share an update.

At this moment the situation is this: only ‘selected’ developers can publish their apps on Apple’s CarPlay and Android Auto platforms currently.

CarPlay & Android Auto are closed platforms

We have spoken with Apple on this point, but to date both Apple and Google are forcing users to use their default platform navigation apps (Apple Maps or Google Maps) rather than allowing mobile users the choice of using their preferred navigation apps. As a result, Navmii and all other navigation developers have not been allowed to develop apps for CarPlay and Android Auto.

Why this matters…

In addition to a lack of choice, there are several downsides for user that include the need for a reliable internet connection to be able to navigate and missing advanced features such as driver safety warnings, speed camera alerts, HUD mode, TripAdvisor and other rich POI information and the ability to use smart 3 word addresses for search via what3words and much more.

Today, we regret that we are unable to fulfill our commitment to user choice and freedom, by ensuring Navmii is available across all popular major mobile platforms, because of Google and Apple’s closed development environments.

What you can do

Please support us by contacting Apple and Google directly to request that they open up their platforms to Navmii and more apps developers. By doing this, you’ll be actively supporting the quest for freedom of choice when it comes to using your favourite apps as part of your in-car experience.